BIO
INFO, EXHIBITION LIST, SELECTED REVIEWS
Ranna's
work: Contemporary artist, Ranna® (Ranna-Lesley Lachlan)
possesses an expansive talent that defies convenient categorization
and pushes contemporary art into new territory technically,
conceptually, and visually. Ranna® has been dedicated
to contemporary art practice for almost forty years. Ignoring
fashionable trends and art world expectations she has produced
ethereal cutting edge contemporary art that embraces contemporary
industrial materials to achieve her signature "Shimmer
Art™ " method. She has
exhibited in
contemporary art galleries and (or) contemporary art museums
in Australia,
Japan, Europe, and the U.S.A. and "has produced a prodigious
and significant body of work" (Thompson, F. 1998. Director's
foreword in catalog to Walking into Light, Perc Tucker
Gallery, Australia).
Ranna®
- Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan (PhD) - Born
in Moree, New South Wales, Australia, Ranna® has been
actively producing work as an artist for almost forty years
and earned an inter-disciplinary PhD in the Creative Arts
in 1995, the first studio-based PhD ever produced in Australia.
She has travelled extensively in Asia, conducting artistic
research throughout South East Asia, and long term research
in India and Japan. She has lived in Australia, Thailand,
Japan, and the USA. Ranna maintains art studios in the Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, (USA) and the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
Ranna divides her professional and private life almost equally
between the U.S.A. and Australia. Click here for a glimpse
of art projects at both locations,
or scroll down for a summary of recent and past work.
SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS and SERIES
Ranna
is currently working on two new series.
(Note: During 2008 through 2011 Ranna's studio
and exhibition schedule suffered some disruptions as a result
of her assuming full responsibility for her elderly mother's
care after her mother's "carer" swindled her mother
out of all belongings, including the home that Ranna had provided
her.)
2012:
In progress: "Doorway" series
& "Hold the Line" series.
2011:
Bush ex-stallation
project, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. Exterior
installation project. Film & stills documentation.
2010:
Snoga ex-stallation
project, Virginia USA. Exterior installation project.
Film & stills documentation.
2010:
B&W series, works on paper.
2007:
6th Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2006: The
Community Space, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
2006:
6th
Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2005: 6th
Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2004:
Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. USA.
2004:
Nemacolin Woodlands Galleries, PA, USA.
2004: 6th
Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2003:
Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia.
2002:
Lord Fairfax College, Virginia,
USA.
2002:
Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia.
2002: Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran - open studio
project (Winchester location).
2001 Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA. Ei-Shodou!
2000:
Amerika Haus Museum, Munich, Germany.
Featuring Ranna®, Jan Beekman, George Anderton.
2000: AxelA Gallery, Washington D.C.
2000: Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA.
1998:
Smith and Stonely on Stratton, Brisbane.
1998:
Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Australia.
1998:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Mid-career survey show.
1997: Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1995:
James Cook University Theatre Space, Townsville. (Video documentary
available.)
1989:
Faculty show, Atomi Gakuen, Tokyo. (Subsequent interruption
for doctoral research and substantive change in direction.)
1987:
Flinders Street Studio, Townsville.
1986:
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia. Touring
solo show also included Burdekin TAFE College Campus Gallery,
Burdekin and Raintrees Community Arts Centre, Cairns. Accompanied
by soundtrack by the artist - use of soundtracks composed
by the artist continued through 1998.
1985:
University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Queensland/Works 1950-1985: A Survey of 80 Painters.
1985:
Raintrees Community Arts Centre, Cairns.
1985:
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Brisbane
Hot.
1985:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1984:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1983:
Graduates' exhibition, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1980:
Tonnoir's Gallery, Townsville.
1973:
End of year exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane.
Competition
exhibitions in Townsville and Cairns, Australia, not listed.
The artist has also received several awards and grants.
SELECTED
REVIEWS and ESSAYS
ABOUT
THE ARTIST'S WORK
(NOTE:
Reviews, essays, and writings about the artist's work prior
to 1993 refer to the artist as Ranna Hale. Subsequent articles
after 1993, published and unpublished, refer to her as Ranna,
Ranna Lachlan, Ranna-Lesley Lachlan, or Dr Ranna Lachlan.)
Star
Staff Report, 2003, Shimmer Artwork Exhibited at LFCC,
Winchester Star, July 17, p. C8.
Kennelly,
E. April 2000, Island, Continent, catalogue essay,
Axela Gallery, Washington D.C.
Adlington,
B. 1998, "Bridge between cultures", Townsville Bulletin, 6
February. p. 24.
Gallagher,
J. 1998, "Myriad plays on life", Townsville Bulletin, 23 January.
p. 22.
Ruinard,
E. 1998, Walking into Light - The Bird Tracks of Calligraphy,
catalogue for mid-career survey show, Perc Tucker Gallery,
Townsville.
Gallagher,
J. 1997, "The shifting visions of a life in progress", Townsville
Bulletin, 7 November. p. 26.
Ruinard,
E. 1997, review of Shifting, Perc Tucker Gallery,
Townsville.
Paroissien,
L. 1995, This artist "...has threaded together an extraordinarily
diverse range of sources through which original study of cross-disciplinary
and cross-cultural concerns is constructed. The references
are wonderfully rich, and terrain across quite disparate specialisations
is traversed with great attention to accuracy and detail.
[The artist's] research and thought processes within
the studio are fascinating." (Leon Paroissien, 1995. Former
Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Current
Editor in Chief, Art & Culture, Sydney, Australia. Excerpt
from Mr Paroissien's report on Lachlan's doctorate.)
Bock,
A. 1986, " 'Total Art' at Townsville", Brisbane Courier Mail,
31 May, Art Review.
Bock,
A. 1986, "Taking a look at exhibitions of Townsville artists",
The Advertiser, Townsville, 29 May.
Searle,
R. & Hale, R., 1986, Myth Woman Song, catalogue
essay, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
Collins,
K. 1985, "Behind the Queensland blockade for 35 years", Brisbane
Courier Mail, 12 May, Reflections.
Campbell,
C. 1985, "Dual exposure for local artist", Townsville Daily
Bulletin, April, The Arts.
Rees,
V. 1985, "A woman's work", Cairns Post, 24 April.
Underhill,
N.D.H. & Enright, M. 1985, Queensland/ Works 1950-1985:
a survey of 80 painters, University Art Museum, University
of Queensland, Brisbane.
Woolcock,
P. 1985. "Hot stuff at the institute [of Modern Art]",
Brisbane Courier Mail, 27 March, Art Review.
Chapple,
V. 1984, "Ranna to study art in Italy", Townsville Daily Bulletin,
October, The Arts [N.B. The artist has often been reported
under "Ranna" and "Ranna Hale", her former surname.]
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Shimmer
work/ mid-career survey show
Ei-shodo
work
Figurative
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Shimmer
Artwork Exhibited at LFCC
